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In 1462, the prince of a small area called Wallachia went to war with arguably the most powerful military force on the planet...

The Winged Hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were some of the most devastating cavalrymen ever to mount a horse.

The American defense at the Battle of New Orleans was critically important for half of the entire country.

When the Spanish flu arrived in Alaska during the spring of 1919, it wiped out villages – and fast.

In 2011, excavation crews working at the former World Trade Center site were surprised to unearth the hull of a colonial-era...

Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering thought no one could escape from Colditz Castle. He was wrong.

Capt. Roger Donlon, an Army Green Beret, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions after the Viet Cong tried to overrun...

The Silent Warrior Foundation provides scholarships, service animals and more by honoring veterans of famous missions.

Until 1970, pregnant women in the military had a choice: get an abortion or get out. Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped change that.

The new M16A1 came with a cleaning kit, lubricant and an entertaining field manual, drawn by a former Army comic artist.